Titanium Carbides Coatings for Wear Resistant Biomedical Devices: Manufacturing and Modeling

Journal Article · Fri Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2008 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2896877· OSTI ID:21055277

Contro, R; Vena, P; Gastaldi, D; Masante, S ^[1]; Cavallotti, P L; Nobili, L; Bestetti, M ^[2]

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1. Department of Structural Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32-20133 Milan (Italy)
2. Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering 'Giulio Natta', Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32-20133 Milan (Italy)

Deposition of Titanium Carbide coatings on Ti6Al4V substrate, through the reactive magnetron sputtering technique is here presented. The mechanical characterization of the coatings has been carried out through a set of indentation tests at different maximum applied loads. The elastic stiffness as well as the hardness of the coating-substrate system indicate that these coatings are suitable candidates for wear resistance applications in the orthopaedic field. Numerical simulation of the indentation tests allowed the identification of the constitutive parameters of the titanium carbide. Good agreement was achieved between experimental and numerical results.

• OSTI ID: 21055277
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 973, Issue 1; Conference: M and FGM 2006: Conference on multiscale and funtionally graded materials 2006, Oahu Island, HI (United States), 15-18 Oct 2006; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2896877; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ALUMINIUM
COATINGS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DEPOSITION
ELASTICITY
FLEXIBILITY
HARDNESS
INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS
MAGNETRONS
MANUFACTURING
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
SPUTTERING
SUBSTRATES
TESTING
TITANIUM
TITANIUM CARBIDES
VANADIUM
WEAR RESISTANCE